and Chaitanya Krishna among others played important characters in the political drama. Written by Karthik Subbaraj, the movie directed by Shankar has dialogues penned by Sai Madhav Burra.

The late S.M. Krishna’s tenure as External Affairs Minister, between May 2009 and October 2012, began when Sri Lanka, India’s southern neighbour, was battling a massive humanitarian crisis.

Sri Lanka has defaulted on its debt for the first time in its history as the country struggles with its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years. A 30-day grace period to come up with $78m (£ ...

[5] A paper based on this public lecture has been published in Economic Papers; see Athukorala, Prema-Chandra, 2007, “Outward-Oriented Policy Reforms and Industrialisation in Sri Lanka, Economic ...